Young Folks' History of EnglandYonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
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Young Folks' History of England
Yonge, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary)
Great Britain -- History -- Juvenile literature
But as soon as the news reached Mary, she set off riding towards
London; and, as everyone knew her to be the right queen, and no one
would be tricked by Dudley, the whole of the people joined her, and
even Northumberland was obliged to throw up his hat and cry "God save
Queen Mary." Jane and her husband were safely kept, but Mary meant
no harm by them if their friends would have been quiet. However, the
people became discontented when Mary began to have the Latin service
used again, and put Archbishop Cranmer in prison for having favored
Jane. She showed in every way that she thought all her brother's
advisers had done very wrong. She wanted to be under the Pope again,
and she engaged herself to marry the King of Spain, her cousin, Philip
II. This was very foolish of her, for she was a middle-aged woman,
pale, and low-spirited; and he was much younger, and of a silent,
gloomy temper, so that everyone was afraid of him. All her best
friends advised her not, and the English hated the notion so much, that
the little children played at the queen's wedding in their games, and
always ended by pretending to hang the King of Spain. Northumberland
thought this discontent gave another chance for his plan, and tried to
raise the people in favor of Jane; but so few joined him that Mary
very soon put them down, and beheaded Northumberland. She thought,
too, that the quiet of the country would never be secure while Jane
lived, and so she consented to her being put to death. Jane behaved
with beautiful firmness and patience. Her husband was led out first
and beheaded, and then she followed. She was most good and innocent
in herself, and it was for the faults of others that she suffered.
Mary's sister Elizabeth, was suspected, and sent to the Tower. She
came in a boat on the Thames to the Traitor's Gate; but, when she
found where she was, she sat down on the stone steps and said, "This
is a place for traitors, and I am none." After a time she was allowed
to live in the country, but closely watched.
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